Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca information
Catholic particular church territory
Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca
Territorialis Praelatura Humahuacensis
Prelatura Territorial de Humahuaca
Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria
Location
Country
Argentina
Ecclesiastical province
Salta
Metropolitan
Salta
Statistics
Area
34,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2004) 95,000 80,000 (84.2%)
Parishes
11
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
8 September 1969 (218 years ago)
Cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Candelaria in Humahuaca
Patron saint
Virgin of Candelaria St Anthony of Padua
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Prelate
Florencio Félix Paredes Cruz
Metropolitan Archbishop
Mario Antonio Cargnello
Bishops emeritus
Pedro María Olmedo Rivero
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Humahuacensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salta.
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